Coupling for suspender-belts.



110,727,784. PATENTED MA Y 12, 1903,

GO LDIN & P. GLIGKMAN. COUPLING FOR SUSPENDER BELTS.

API LIOATION FILED NOV 13, 1902.

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NO MODEL NITED STATES Patented May 12, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

COUPLING FOR SUSPENDE'R-BELTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'latent No. 727,784, dated May 12, 1903.

I Application filed November 13,1902. Serial No. 131,258. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MAYER GOLDIN and PINoUs GLIOKMAN, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Couplings for Suspender-Belts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a pivotal coupling for the ends of straps of a combined suspender and belt.

The invention is designed, primarily, for

use in connection with an invention described and claimed in a pending application for patent to Mayer Goldin, filed August 27, 1902, Serial No. 121,229, (Patent No. 717,189, December 30, 1902.)

Usually in suspender-belts of the type described in the patent mention ed the rear tabs are disconnected when the belt is used and the loop or support for the same is left depending, which is unsightly and frequently tears the garments of the wearer.

It is therefore the purpose and object of this invention to construct'a coupling device whereby the Suspender-straps may accommodate themselves to different angles, and when the straps are turned to form a belt the tabsupport may be turned in a horizontal position parallel with the straps'and concealed thereby from the outside. The tab-support is pivoted in such manner that it can readily be turned to be in position for use or turned in the opposite direction, where it will be concealed when out of use.

With these objects in view we will now describe the construction and advantages of' our invention.

In the drawings forming apart of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combined suspender and belt, illustrating our invention applied thereto.

our improvement as applied when a belt is formed. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View of the same. Fig. 4. is an enlarged detail ver- The opposite ends of the strap Fig. 2 is a detaiL perspective view looking from the inside of i are provided with tabs 3 while a similar tab 4 isapplied to the coupling 2.

In Fig. l of the drawings-we have shown our invention as applied to the combined suspender and belt described in the before-mentioned application for patent; but as the claims inthe present application relate specifically to the coupling 2 at the-rear it is to be understood'that its use is to be in no wise limited to suspenders of the specific type shown. Therefore as the operation of the Suspender-belts is well understood we deem it unnecessary to refer further thereto.

The coupling 2 comprises two disks 4 and 5, each having a central perforation 6 and an outer annular flange 7. A rivet 8 connects the devices, and mounted to turn thereon is the tab-support 9. This support is formed of a fiat plate having an eye at one end thereof through which the rivet passes, and at the outer end it is provided with an elongated slot 10 to'receivethe clip of the tab 4.

In applying the coupling the ends of the suspender-belt straps 1- 1 are brought together and are perforated, and in these perforations are eyeletsl Betweenthe straps is placed the tab-support 9, the perforation thereof being in alinement with the perforations in the straps. The disks are, now placed one on each side, and the rivet 8' securesthe parts together. It will be observed thatLthe extreme ends of the strap fit to a nicetywithin the confines of the flanges 7, so-that in the movement of the strap they turn freely on the-pivota The' ends of the strap extend beyond the-rivet a distance which is less than theradiusof the disks, sothat'but one of the disks bears on the tab-support when the straps are used as a belt and both vof-said disks bear on the support when the straps are used assuspenders. .1 The parts thusassembled, the operation should be apparent.

ponders, the tab-support is turned to depend in a vertical direction, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and supports the rear tab 4", and when so used the support 9 is clamped between the flanges 7 7, saidfianges receiving the wear of the support, due to frictional contact of the parts when the suspenders are in use. In

When used in connection with a pair of sus- I this position the straps are free to adjust themselves together or independently at any angle, while if the angle thereof becomes fixed to the wearer and by any movement of the body or unusual lateral adjustment of the trousers the rear tab is free to move laterally on the pivot independent of the movement of the Suspender-belt straps. Thus we provide a double adjustment, which is a very desirable feature in suspenders of this type. However, the leading characteristic of our invention resides in the manner in which we are able to turn the tab-support and conceal it when a belt is formed. The first thing to be done is to remove the rear tab. Then the straps are turned on the pivot until they are in line with each other. Vheu in this position, the tab-support 9 is turned on the pivot until it is also in line with the straps, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The tab-support be ing placed between the meeting ends of the straps and as the flanges 7 extend somewhat out from the faces thereof,obviously the outer end of the support lies close to the belt and danger of catching in the adjacent garment is reduced to a minimum. Furthermore, the parts when they are assembled are tightened to a degree which-insures friction enough to hold the tab-support in any position, and when turned against the face of one of the straps, the latter being soft, it is embedded by the flange 7 forcing it therein. Hence the support is not only concealed when the susponder-belt is used as a belt, but its position is such that it will not catch and tear the adjacent garments.

What we claim as new is 1. The combination with a pair of suspenderstraps, of a pair of disks connecting the outer ends of said straps, a tab-support intermediate the disks, and a rivet connecting the ends of the suspenders, the disks and the tab-support, whereby the tab-support may be turned independent of the movement of the straps, substantially as described.

2. Aconplingforacombinedsuspenderand belt, comprising a pair of disks at the terminals of the suspender-belt straps, a rivet connecting the disks and the ends of the straps 0f the suspenderbelt, and a tab-support mounted to be turned on the rivet between the ends of the straps, the ends of the straps extending beyond the rivet a distance which is less than the radius of the disks, whereby one of the disks bears on the tab-support when the straps are used as a belt, both of said disks bear on the support when the straps are used as suspenders, substantially as described.

Signed by us at New York city, New York, this 10th day of November, 1902.

MAYER GOLDIN. PINCUS GLICKMAN. Witnesses:

PAUL BONYNGE, EMMA W. FINLAYSON. 

